Barn saved from demolition

Alex Holt | DispatchDan Troth holds a picture of a barn raising in front of the skeleton of a house built in the early 1800's. Barn raisings used to be an event which brought the entire community together, something that Dan thinks has been lost.Request to buy this photo

Alex Holt | DispatchDan Troth walks through the skeleton of a house built in the early 1800's. The house and barn also located on the property are being torn down to make way for the Trails End subdivision which will host the 2014 Parade of Homes.Request to buy this photo

Alex Holt | DispatchDan Troth points with both hands at hand hewn beams in the house being torn down at the intersection of Route 315 and Home Road. The home was built in the 1830's by the Cellar family who were founders of the Liberty Township.Request to buy this photo

Alex Holt | DispatchT.K. Cellar stands in the graveyard where his great great great great granduncle, Robert McCoy Cellar, is buried. The barn in the background was built in 1831 on 4,000 acres purchased by the Cellars. The barn and the house on the property are being torn down to make way for the Trails End subdivision.Request to buy this photo

Alex Holt | DispatchT.K. Cellar, left, and Dan Troth, right, laugh as they talk about the barn. T.K. Cellar's great great great great granduncle, Robert McCoy Cellar, built the barn in 1831.Request to buy this photo

Alex Holt | DispatchDan Troth points to the broad axe marks on the gun stock beam. All of the boards, beams and other wood in the barn were hewn by hand when it was constructed in 1831.Request to buy this photo

Alex Holt | DispatchDan Troth smiles as he describes what kind of event a barn raising would have been for a community back in the early 1800's.Request to buy this photo

Alex Holt | Dispatch(Left to Right) Ruth Siegel, Ron Siegel and T.K. Cellar watch as Dan Troth demonstrates how a broad axe would be used in the 1830's to hew the beam that he is leaning against.Request to buy this photo

Alex Holt | Dispatch(Left to right) Ruth Siegel, Ron Siegel and T.K. Cellar watch as Dan Troth points to the broad axe marks on a wooden beam, and explains the process of hewing a piece of timber into a usable beam.Request to buy this photo

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